The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

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This is a podcast for emerging writers who want to improve the quality of their work and learn more about the publishing industry. Your one host, Bianca Marais ...

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Making Context Feel Organic CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Jul 24, 2025
Shooting The Shit CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Jul 21, 2025
How Setting is More Than Just Story Backdrop CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Jul 17, 2025
What is a familiar query letter... CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Jul 10, 2025
Replacing Plot with Emotion in Quiet Novels CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Jul 3, 2025
June Bonus Episode CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Jun 30, 2025
Emotions—But Make It Messy CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Jun 26, 2025
How Withholding Backstory and Context Can Actually Elevate A Story CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Jun 19, 2025
One of the Best Hooks We’ve Had on a BWH Segment CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Jun 12, 2025
Bianca and CeCe Discuss The Real Sh*t No One Tells You About Writing CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Jun 5, 2025
Concrete vs. Abstract Curiosity CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · May 29, 2025
May Bonus Episode CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · May 26, 2025
How a Books With Hooks Query Became a Buzzy Debut CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · May 22, 2025
Leaning into Illustrator Notes & CeCe Not Minding a But, But CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · May 15, 2025
Nuggets of Wisdom from Carley Fortune and Sue Hincenbergs CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · May 8, 2025
The Problem with the Blank Canvas Protagonist CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · May 1, 2025
April Bonus Episode CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Apr 28, 2025
An Ingenious Query Hack CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Apr 24, 2025
Why Plot and Specificity are a Query Letter's Best Friends CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Apr 17, 2025
Ann Napolitano on Overcoming Rejection and Despair as Part of the Writing Life & Kirthana Ramisetti on The Art of Foreshadowing CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Apr 10, 2025
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CeCe Lyra 23 Bianca Marais 23 Carly Watters 21

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This is a podcast for emerging writers who want to improve the quality of their work and learn more about the publishing industry. Your one host, Bianca Marais (the bestselling author of 'The Witches of Moonshyne Manor') interviews authors, agents, editors and just about anyone and everyone who's involved in bringing a book to market. She's joined by her cohosts, literary agents Ca...

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